Early Medieval

Blondel’s Song: The imprisonment and ransom of Richard the Lionheart

admin — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:52:10 +0000

Author:

David Boyle

The strange story of Richard the Lionheart’s disappearance on the way home from crusade, the ransom which brought him home and the legend of the minstrel Blondel

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Bloodstone

Manda Scott — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:06:24 +0000

Author:

Paul Doherty

December, 1380. When the corpse of Sir Robert Kilverby, a wealthy Cheapside merchant, is discovered in a locked room, Brother Athelstan accompanies the King's coroner to investigate. For the late Sir Robert had in his possession a priceless relic, a sacred bloodstone which he was planning to donate to the Abbey of St Fulcher-on-Thames. The bloodstone has disappeared and the Regent, John of Gaunt, who covets the relic for himself, is taking an uncomfortably close interest in the case.

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Conquest

Manda Scott — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:11:54 +0000

Author:

Stewart Binns

1066 – Senlac Ridge, England. William the Bastard, Duke of Normandy, defeats Harold Godwinson, King Harold II of England, in what will become known as the Battle of Hastings.
The battle is hard fought and bloody, the lives of thousands have been spent, including that of King Harold. But England will not be conquered easily, the Anglo-Saxons will not submit meekly to Norman rule.

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Crusade

Manda Scott — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:13:06 +0000

1072, England is firmly under the heel of its new Norman conquerors. The few survivors of the English resistance still look to Edgar the Atheling, the rightful heir to the English throne, to overthrow William the Conqueror. Years of intrigue and vicious civil war follow: brother against brother, family against family, friend against friend.

Crusade

Manda Scott — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:55:00 +0000

Author:

Stewart Binns

1072 - England is firmly under the heel of its new Norman rulers.

The few survivors of the English resistance look to Edgar the Atheling, the rightful heir to the English throne, to overthrow William the Conqueror. Years of intrigue and vicious civil war follow: brother against brother, family against family, friend against friend.

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Dante's Invention

admin — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:40:01 +0000

Author:

James Burge

Dante Alighieri was a self-absorbed young poet who composed rarefied verse about the nature of love. While medieval Florence descended into violent turmoil he seemed entirely uninterested in anything other than Beatrice, the girl he had loved since they were both children. Fate had to work very hard to make him write his great work, the Divine Comedy. This is the story of how it did so.

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Devil's Consort

Manda Scott — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:19:24 +0000

Author:

Anne O'Brien

July, 1137. In the baking sunshine of Bordeaux, Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine, eagerly awaits her first meeting with the prince who will become her husband. But Louis Capet is no fit match for educated, independent Eleanor. When he inherits the throne of France it becomes clear that his monastic ways and indecisive rule could cost him his country - and his marriage. Determined to rule her own lands, Eleanor leads the men of Aquitaine on Crusade. The march to Outremer will make her the most scandalous woman in all of Christendom. And one chance meeting bet

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Eagle: Book One of the Saladin Trilogy

admin — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:41:11 +0000

Author:

Jack Hight

Salah ad-Din, or Saladin as he is known to the Franks, was a Kurd, the son of a despised people, and yet he became Sultan of Egypt and Syria. He united the peoples of Allah, recaptured Jerusalem and drove the Crusaders to the very edge of the sea. He battled, and in the end tamed King Richard the Lionheart, who well deserved his savage name.

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Heloise and Abelard

admin — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:37:25 +0000

Author:

James Burge

Abelard, was a brilliant teacher and philosopher in Paris; students flocked to his lectures. He was appointed tutor to Heloise, 15 years his junior but already famous for her learning. From their letters we learn of their love affair: we know about their terms of endearment, about the passion of their lovemaking, of stolen moments in churches, of their erotic play. The letters tell the story of the birth of their child, of their secret marriage and the violence and tragedy which followed, culminating in a brutal attack in which Abelard was castrated.

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Hereward

Manda Scott — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:53:40 +0000

Author:

James Wilde

1062, a time many fear is the End of Days. With the English King Edward heirless and ailing, across the grey seas in Normandy the brutal William the Bastard waits for the moment when he can drown England in a tide of blood.
The ravens of war are gathering. But as the king's closest advisors scheme and squabble amongst themselves, hopes of resisting the naked ambition of the Norman duke come to rest with just one man: Hereward...

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Hereward: The Devil's Army

Manda Scott — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:54:47 +0000

Author:

James Wilde

1067. The battle of Hastings has been lost; Harold Godwinsson is dead. The iron fist of William the Bastard has begun to squeeze the life out of England. Villages are torched and men, women and children put to the sword as the Norman king attempts to impose his cruel will upon this unruly nation.

But there is one who stands in the way of the invader's savagery. He is called Hereward. He is a warrior and master tactician and as adept at slaughter as the imposter who sits upon the throne. And he is England's last hope.

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Holy Warrior

admin — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:12:59 +0000

Author:

Angus Donald

Arrows will fly. Swords will slice. Heroes will fall. Legends will survive. And the Holy Land will never be the same. 1190 AD: Richard the Lionheart has launched his epic crusade to seize Jerusalem from the cruel Saracens. Marching with the vast royal army is Britain’s most famous, most feared, most ferocious warrior: the Outlaw of Nottingham, the Earl of Locksley – Robin Hood himself. Packed with fast, furious action, Holy Warrior is adventure at its thrilling white-knuckle best.

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King's Man

admin — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:15:30 +0000

Author:

Angus Donald

Richard the Lionheart captured on his way home from the crusade, languishes in chains somewhere in Germany. England is on the brink of civil war as Richard's traitorous brother Prince John schemes to take the throne. Only one man can stop him: a former outlaw, a renegade earl, a man who scoffs at Holy Mother Church: Robin Hood. The mission is deadly; their enemies are all powerful. But Robin and his loyal lieutenant Alan Dale will risk all – from barely human assassins and vengeful Knights Templar to the foul magical spells of a hideous witch – to restore the Lionheart to his throne.

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Knights of the Cross

admin — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:50:09 +0000

Author:

Tom Harper

1098. Having settled their differences with the Byzantine Emperor, the armies of the First Crusade race across Asia minor, routing the Turks and reclaiming the land for Christendom. But on the Syrian border, their advance is halted before the impregnable walls of Antioch.

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Lamp Black, Wolf Grey

admin — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:27:05 +0000

Author:

Paula Brackston

Some landscapes hold more magic than others. When Laura Matthews moves to her new home in the Welsh mountains she finds it to be a place so alive with tales and legends that she is able to reach through the gossamer-fine veil that separates her own world from that of myth and fable. Her own story becomes inextricably linked to that of Megan, a young nurse-maid who trod the same hills over seven hundred years earlier. They come to share their love for the same wild landscape, and a love for the same man, a young magician named Merlin.

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